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Meeting Mr. Henry
Faith and Eddie:
Character
• Characters are the people or animals in a story.
• You can learn about characters from the things they think, say, and do.
• You can also learn about characters from the way that other characters in the story treat
them and what they say about them.
Notes for Home: Your child analyzed characters—the people or animals in a story.
Home Activity: Play “Guess Who?” Think of someone you both know. Describe the way that person acts and talks, and challenge your child to guess who it is. Switch roles and play again.
Vocabulary
1. alternating - happening by turns
2. anticipation - state of looking forward to something
3. cemetery - graveyard; burial place
4. darted - moved suddenly and quickly
5. faith - belief without proof
6. retraced - went back over one's steps; traced over
7. scent - a distinct smell or odor
8. withdrew - took out; removed
Notes for Home: Your child identified and used vocabulary words from “Faith and Eddie.”
Home Activity: Using a dictionary, find simple definitions for a variety of words and read them aloud to your child. See if your child can guess each word. Keep a list of “Words I Know.”
Setting
Students will recognize features of setting. Students will analyze relationships between the development of plot and changes in setting.
Notes for Home:Your child read a story and used details to answer questions about the setting.
Home Activity: Have your child look around the room and describe the setting in detail.
Cause and Effect
• A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens.
• A cause may have more than one effect. An effect may have more than one cause.
• Sometimes a clue word such as because or since signals a cause-effect relationship. Sometimes there is no clue word, and you need to think about why something happened.
Cause ---> Effect
Notes for Home: Your child read a story and identified causes and effects.
Home Activity: Help your child relate causes and effects by starting a sentence, such as, "You eat breakfast because __________." Ask your child to complete the sentence by giving a cause, or reason.
Vocabulary
1. challenging - calling in question; doubting
2. corridors - long hallways
3. custodian - janitor
4. cut - dismissed
5. valuable - worth something
Notes for Home: Your child identified and used vocabulary words from“Meeting Mr. Henry.”
Home Activity: Take turns using each vocabulary word in a sentence.
Drawing Conclusions
Students will draw conclusions or make inferences and support them with text evidence and experience. Students will look for details and make decisions about characters and situations.
Notes for Home: Your child read a story and drew conclusions based on its details.
Home Activity: Read a story together with your child. Afterward, invite your child to tell you what conclusions he or she can draw about how a character feels or why an event happened.
• A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens.
• A cause may have more than one effect. An effect may have more than one cause.
• Sometimes a clue word such as because or since signals a cause-effect relationship. Sometimes there is no clue word, and you need to think about why something happened.
Cause ---> Effect
Notes for Home: Your child read a story and identified causes and effects.
Home Activity: Help your child relate causes and effects by starting a sentence, such as, "You eat breakfast because __________." Ask your child to complete the sentence by giving a cause, or reason.
Vocabulary
1. challenging - calling in question; doubting
2. corridors - long hallways
3. custodian - janitor
4. cut - dismissed
5. valuable - worth something
Notes for Home: Your child identified and used vocabulary words from“Meeting Mr. Henry.”
Home Activity: Take turns using each vocabulary word in a sentence.
Drawing Conclusions
Students will draw conclusions or make inferences and support them with text evidence and experience. Students will look for details and make decisions about characters and situations.
Notes for Home: Your child read a story and drew conclusions based on its details.
Home Activity: Read a story together with your child. Afterward, invite your child to tell you what conclusions he or she can draw about how a character feels or why an event happened.
Faith and Eddie:
Character
• Characters are the people or animals in a story.
• You can learn about characters from the things they think, say, and do.
• You can also learn about characters from the way that other characters in the story treat
them and what they say about them.
Notes for Home: Your child analyzed characters—the people or animals in a story.
Home Activity: Play “Guess Who?” Think of someone you both know. Describe the way that person acts and talks, and challenge your child to guess who it is. Switch roles and play again.
Vocabulary
1. alternating - happening by turns
2. anticipation - state of looking forward to something
3. cemetery - graveyard; burial place
4. darted - moved suddenly and quickly
5. faith - belief without proof
6. retraced - went back over one's steps; traced over
7. scent - a distinct smell or odor
8. withdrew - took out; removed
Notes for Home: Your child identified and used vocabulary words from “Faith and Eddie.”
Home Activity: Using a dictionary, find simple definitions for a variety of words and read them aloud to your child. See if your child can guess each word. Keep a list of “Words I Know.”
Setting
Students will recognize features of setting. Students will analyze relationships between the development of plot and changes in setting.
Notes for Home:Your child read a story and used details to answer questions about the setting.
Home Activity: Have your child look around the room and describe the setting in detail.
